NEW ROLLER & SHEEPS FOOT - ON THE WAY

[crash325]

New Roller build is getting started. Rusty end of tank cut off and some sand shoveled in. Tank that is left, is pretty solid and a full 1/8 inch thick. That is all the sand it going to get. Sand is mostly to scour out the rust and keep the inside clean. When full of water and no air it should not rust any more. Its 36 inches in diameter and will be 4.5 feet long. Have not done the math on gallons of water or weight. Tank by its self over 250 pounds. Yes the Zinc will be ground off where it gets welded.

Old roller will be turned into a Sheep Foot. It痴 a full 3/16 inch thick. It has a thin end that will be cut off, then a new yoke built.

 

[crash325]

My math is rotten.
But here is what I figured out on the weight. 3'x4.5' is 78+ cubic feet, that works out to about 650 pounds of water. Tank is about 250 pounds, tongue & yoke will be another 100 pounds or so, not sure about the sand maybe 200 pounds. Total 1,150 pounds give or take a little.
One of you folks that is good at math please let me know if I am close.

 

[Toddao]

I get 229 gallons at 1912 lbs??

 

[crash325]

I get 229 gallons at 1912 lbs??

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Thank you. Bet your math is a lot better than mine. :laughing::thumbsup:

 

[crash325]

Made a little progress on the roller tank today. Got the rusted out waste cut off, wire brushed the lip that sort of fits into the tank end. Hammered & chipped out the crud. Crud was real nasty stuff, sort of a sulfur smell. Sure glad I didn't have to drink the water out of this tank. Not just rust, the crud was sort of growing into lumps and eating the tank big time.

Plan to weld a plate in the bad end as its rusted real bad and may not stand up, when roller is being pulled.

Were this tank not coated in zinc, think it would have wound up as a pit bar-B-Q.

 

[crash325]

Been giving this tank a lot of though as to using it as roller. Even with a foot cut off there is still a lot of rust & thin areas. What I call the weak end in the drawing, is rusted through in several places & very thin in others.

Steel plate, strips or re-bar can be welded inside to make it stronger. But with a roller that could weight almost 3,000 pounds, I'm thinking even the good end may not be strong enough. Sure like to hear what some of you folks think

It's larger than I want for an in ground Bar-B-Q pit but that may be it's best use. ??

 

[mrcaptainbob]

Pi (3.12) x radius squared (1.5 x 1.5) times the length (4.5). If the diameter is 3 and the length is 4.5 that = 31.59 cubic feet. With water at 8.35 pounds per gallon that comes to a bit under 264 pounds. Your estimates of tank, sand and metal parts is 550 pounds. Total is well under eight hundred pounds and should be easy for your tractor to pull.

 

[52wej]

Toddao is correct. The weight of water is almost 2000 pounds. 1 cubic foot of water contains roughly 7.5 gallons which at a weight of 8.32 lbs per gallon gives a weight per cubic foot of 62.4 pounds. That will be a heavy roller. willie jones

 

[High Compression]

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Thank you. Bet your math is a lot better than mine. :laughing::thumbsup:

I get about the same. 1978.95 lbs. @ 237 gal, 31.79 cu ft. 3.14 x radius squared x length.:thumbsup:

 

[Baby Grand]

1984# for just the water, if full.
Time to start the R1 or R4 bickering.